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After a tough battle, Inosuke cheered. He had beheaded the demon, and it had slowly turned to ash. "That's what you get! Did you see that Gonpachiro!?" he yelled. He turned to see his boyfriend, who was smiling at him. He went to get closer to the demon before he fell to searing pain in his stomach. His whole body filled with pain as he fell to his knees. Suddenly, his stomach started to feel wet. He was so happy he had won that he hadn't noticed the demon had slashed him when he wasn't looking. He felt it getting harder to breathe, so he took his boar head off. he felt liquid fill his throat, and he started coughing. He looked and saw blood starting to splatter all over the grass. He couldn't die! Not now! He needed to defeat the upper ranks. He was stronger than this!
He lay down, trying to steady his breathing. He found the wound and tried to stop the bleeding. He felt his vision start to blur. He saw green, pink, and yellow spots fill his vision. "INOSUKE!" he heard someone yell. It sounded like his boyfriend. "T-Tanjiro?" he mumbled before everything went black.
Inosuke was suddenly in a white room. "Hello?" he questioned. His voice just echoed. "ANSWER ME!" he yelled, annoyed.
"Hello Inosuke," a voice said. He turned to see that the voice had come from a woman who looked just like Nezuko.
"Who are you-"He was cut off by her hugging him. He stared at her with a confused expression. Who was she? She wasn't Nezuko. She was an older woman. He suddenly felt another hug come from behind. He jumped out of their grasp and walked a few feet away. He stared to see that there was a man who looked just like Tanjiro. "WHO ARE YOU!?" he exclaimed. "ANSWER ME!" he saw his yelling at both of them, startled them.
"Oh!" The woman said, "We forgot to introduce ourselves."
"Please forgive us," the man said.
"We're Kie and Tanjuro Kamado," the woman said with a smile. "We're Tanjiro and Nezuko's parents."
"Wait, you're Gon-Tanjiro's parents?" Inosuke asked. "But he said you're dead." He pointed out and then started to freak out. "AM I DEAD!?" he screamed.
"NO!" Kie said. "You were close to it, but you are not dead. We just saw an opportunity to speak with you, and we wanted to take it."
Inosuke was relieved to find out he wasn't dead. They both made their way towards him, and each took one of his hands. "Thank you for making our son so happy," they both said. He was quite surprised by this.
"Um, you're welcome?" He said, not really knowing what to say.
"We know our passing has deeply affected Tanjiro, and we were worried he'd never feel truly happy again," Tanjuro started. "We've seen how you make him smile, and for that we are so thankful."
"We saw we'd have a chance to talk to you, and we both took it," Kie added. "Besides, it's every mother's dream to meet the person who makes her son so happy," she smiled at him. "Though I wish it had been under different circumstances," she said, her smile turning sad.
Inosuke proceeded to squeeze both of their hands. "I will continue to make him happy!" He exclaimed. "As the King of the Mountains, you have my word!"
They both smiled at his promise. They both gave him one more hug before Tanjuro spoke up. "When you wake up, please tell our kids we're so proud of them," he said with a smile.
"I will," Insouke said, nodding.
He suddenly woke up with a gasp. He looked around the room and realized he was back in the butterfly mansion. He remembered the words of the Kamado's and stood up. He yelled in pain, feeling his stitches stretch as he stood up. He started walking regardless of the pin. He had promised to tell them, and he was going to keep that promise. They went through all that trouble to talk to him, and he wasn't going back on his word. He stumbled through the hallways, clinging to the wall as he moved. He was going to find him. He heard his voice and opened the door to find him braiding Nezuko's hair. "Inosuke!" He yelled, going to grab him. "You shouldn't be up! You're going to open up your wound."
"They're proud of you!" He yelled out.
"What? Who's proud of me?" He said, confused. "Inosuke, we have to get you back to bed."
"Your parents!" He said and leaned up against the wall. The pain was getting to him, but he would fulfill his word.
"What?" Tanjiro said, going still. Nezuko perked up at the mention, looking confused. "Inosuke, my parents are d-"
"I spoke to them!" He yelled. "They-they spoke to me. Your father looks just like you, and your mother looks just like Nezuko. Their names were Kie and Tanjuro."
Tanjiro went very still. "They actually spoke to you?" he asked softly. Nezuko stared wide-eyed at Inosuke.
"They w-wanted to talk to me because I make you happy," he started. "They told me to tell you and Nezuko that th-they're so proud of you." Inosuke held his stomach, feeling the pain spread, but he stood his ground.
"Th-They said that?" Tanjiro said, his tears welling up in his eyes. Nezuko started tearing up, too, and grabbed at Tanjiro's leg.
Inosuke nodded. "They did."
Tanjiro started to cry. He leaned down and hugged Nezuko, who was crying as well. "Thank you, Inosuke," he wiped at his face, trying to calm down. Inosuke hobbled over and hugged them both. He was really bad at comforting people, but he knew that Tanjiro liked to be hugged when he was upset. He felt his boyfriend wrap his arms around him and cried into his shoulder. He held him there, not moving, even though his wound really hurt. He would not leave until he calmed down.
It took a bit, but both Tanjiro and Nezuko calmed down. Nezuko's crying had made her tired, so she went to nap. Inosuke still held Tanjiro as he sniffled a bit. When he pulled away, Inosuke wiped his face. "Th-thank you," Tanjiro said.
"I promised your parents I'd make you happy, and I will keep that promise," he said.
"You did?" Tanjiro asked.
"Yeah, they said they wanted to meet me cause I make you happy," Inosuke couldn't help but smile, saying it.
"You do make me happy," Tanjiro said, "so happy."
"Well, you're dating the King of the mountains! If I couldn't keep my boyfriend happy, I'd be a disgrace," Inosuke added.
Tanjiro chuckled. Inosuke felt a shooting pain and yelped. "Inosuke! You're wounds, let's get you back to bed," Tanjiro said, picking him up slowly. He took Inosuke straight to his room despite the protests that he could walk there. He gently laid his boyfriend on the bed and tucked him in. "You get some rest," Tanjiro said. He turned to leave, but felt his sleeve get grabbed.
"Re-Rest with me!" Inosuke demanded, but his face was flushed.
"But I-" Tanjiro tried arguing, but got cut off by Inosuke pulling him into the medical bed.
"You're tired from crying now, rest with me," he said, snuggling into Tanjiro's arms.
Tanjiro couldn't help but smile. He held Inosuke tightly, and they both drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.